Event Details

Society for Technical Communication Competition

Would you like to:

Get valuable, objective feedback on your work?

Gain formal recognition through awards for outstanding technical communication products that you or your company produced?

The STC Puget Sound chapter invites you to participate in the Society for Technical Communication’s competition for 2012. The competition is open to all technical communication professionals. You do not have to be a member of STC to participate.

The deadline for this year’s competition will be Friday, October 12, 2012.

Valuable and Affordable and for all

The Puget Sound Technical Communication Competition is an excellent way to receive feedback for online help, tutorials, Web sites, reference books, brochures, and posters. Each entry will be evaluated by two judges who will give feedback and based on the Society for Technical Communication’s international standards.

The minimum competition cost is $70 per entry for members.

Entry Requirements

Entries must contain sufficient technical, scientific, medical, or similar content to qualify as technical communication.Entries must also have been created or substantially revised within 24 months preceding the competition. This year, the competition has four categories:

For more information on how to submit an entry for the competition, see How to Enter.

Level of Awards

There are three levels of recognition for each competition:

Distinguished

Excellence

Merit

An awards banquet will be hosted on January 15 to celebrate award recipients. Contributors who receive Excellence or Distinguished awards in a local competition may also submit their entries in the 2012 International STC competitions.